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Richard Peterson

A Pittsburgh native, Richard “Pete” Peterson is a retired Southern Illinois University English professor. He is the co-​author, with his son, Stephen, of “The Slide: Leyland, Bonds and the Star-​Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates” and the editor of The Pirates Reader.

Pulitzer prize-​winning dramatist and Pittsburgh native August Wilson dramatized the modern history of African-​Americans in 10 plays, often called the Pittsburgh cycle, for each decade of the 20th century.

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